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‘Too Early’ to Talk of Moving Embassy to ‘Jerusalem’ - Trump
Local Editor
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that it was "too early" to discuss moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied city of al-Quds/Jerusalem, a potentially politically fraught decision that has sparked outrage in the Arab world.
"I don't want to talk about it yet. It's too early," Trump told Fox News pundit Sean Hannity in an interview from the White House that also touched on banning refugees, his plan for a wall along the Mexican border and his support for a return to the use of torture.
Trump on Thursday also declined to discuss the freeze on a $221 million transfer to the Palestinian Authority that his predecessor Barack Obama quietly authorized in the final hours of his administration on January 20.
"We're going to see what happens," Trump said. "I don't want to talk about it."
The Trump administration informed the PA earlier this week that it is freezing the transfer, while the State Department said it would examine the payment and could make adjustments to ensure it comports with the new government's priorities.
In his interview, Trump also touted the ‘Israeli' West Bank security barrier as an example of a successful deterrent to unlawful entry into a country. ‘Israel' built the barrier - a combination of fence, concrete wall and sophisticated sensors - in response to the massive wave of the heroic resistance operations by the Palestinian youth, better known as the Second Intifada.
"The wall is necessary," Trump claimed.
He also praised an upswing in relations with ‘Israel', which he said had occurred the moment he was sworn in last Friday.
The relationship "was repaired as soon as I [took office]," he said, referring to the rocky ties between Obama and Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Israel has been treated very badly, we have a good relationship."
Arab and Western leaders warned of an explosion should Trump make good on his campaign promise to relocate the embassy, with some Palestinian officials calling it a declaration of war.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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